Tenn. man charged in fatal post office shooting

Authorities say a Tennessee prison guard has been indicted in the fatal shooting of two post office workers during a robbery last year with his teenage son.

Authorities say a Tennessee prison guard has been indicted in the fatal shooting of two post office workers during a robbery last year with his teenage son.

Chastain Montgomery Sr. faces two counts of unlawfully killing an employee of the United States for the slayings of Judy Spray and Paula Robinson last October inside the post office in the Tennessee town of Henning.

The indictment says Montgomery committed the killings during a robbery of the post office along with his son, Chastain Montgomery Jr.

The 18-year-old Montgomery Jr. was killed in a shootout with police on Feb. 14 after a police chase. His father was arrested after the shootout this year remains jailed on charges related to it.

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